They Called It Big Kate

They Called It Big Kate 2:24
David Honeyboy Edwards - vocal


Honeyboy talks about learning the song Big Katie Allen from a luthier and fine guitarist Andre Moore around Shaw, Mississippi in the 1930s. Moore's history is unknown and he does not appear in any discographies.

Steam powered passenger and freight boats were used all up and down the Mississippi for years, and the Katie Allen was one of them in the years after the Civil War.